July 1st, 2013

Nancy Beadal Turnage, age 99, passed away into the arms of Jesus June 26, 2013. Mrs. Turnage was born November 28, 1913 in Lobdell, MS to the late Ida Annette Jones Beadel and Robert Neill Beadel. Mrs. Turnage grew up in Benoit, MS and graduated from Benoit High school as Valedictorian in 1931. She attended Delta State Teachers College (1931-1932)and attended finishing school at Grenada College (1932-1933). She returned to Delta State Teachers College, Cleveland, MS (1933-1935), graduating with a BS in Education.

NOTICE TO BIDDERS
Sealed bids will be received at the Louisiana Tech University Purchasing Office, P.O. Box 3157 T.S., 408 Keeny Hall, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana until 2:00 P.M., July 23, 2013 at which time and place they will be publicly opened for the following:
Printing of The Tech Talk (50012-258-14)
Specifications and bid documents for the above may be obtained from the Director of Purchasing, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana; phone 318-257-4205 or fax request to 318-257-3772.

NOTICE TO BIDDERS
Sealed bids will be received at the Louisiana Tech University Purchasing Office, P.O. Box 3157 T.S., 408 Keeny Hall, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana until 2:00 P.M., July 17, 2013 at which time and place they will be publicly opened for the following:
Insurance Coverage for International Students (50012-259-14)
Specifications and bid documents for the above may be obtained from the Director of Purchasing, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana; phone 318-257-4205 or fax request to 318-257-3772.

Funeral services for Mr. Jerry Lane Wiltcher, Sr. age 71 of Simsboro, will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday, July 3, 2013 at Owens Memorial Chapel in Ruston. Officiating the service will be Rev. Gerald Nelson. Burial will follow in Pecan Cemetery in Hilly under the direction of Owens Memorial Chapel Funeral Home of Ruston.

June 29th

Ruston’s New Living Word School has been dropped from the Louisiana Scholarship voucher program after a financial audit revealed it charged the state more for tuition than it did parents of non-voucher students.
The Louisiana Department of Education announced Friday that it was cutting New Living Word School from the voucher program based on findings of an outside auditor.

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They key was cut at the Louisiana Tech campus locksmith shop in 1987. Off-center and a bit crooked, “1620” is engraved into its back.
That number is the same as the number above the office door that leads to the Louisiana Tech president’s suite on the 16th floor of Wyly Tower. This is the key that opens the most exclusive door on campus, into an office where the buck stops every day.
It looks like several others of the 20 or so keys on the simple round chain, one Dan Reneau can’t remember getting.

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A good gardener knows a little ingenuity and an understanding of Mother Nature can go a long way toward successful harvests.
And a lifetime’s worth of experience doesn’t hurt, either.
Lincoln Parish’s John Livingston is proof of all that, as he’s already harvested plenty of yellow squash, zucchini, okra, beets and radishes. But the bulk of his harvest is still weeks away.
“I’m just getting started,” Livingston said. “The beets and radishes are early season plants and we’ve eaten all of those. But we’re just getting started on harvesting the other stuff. I’ve put up seven gallon-size bags of sliced yellow squash, two gallon-size bags of yellow squash and zucchini mixed together, and three quarts of sliced zucchini. That’s not to mention the probably 50 pounds or more of what we’ve cooked that we’ve given away.”

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NATCHITOCHES — Jay Dardenne had a good reason to feel like “the little kid in the candy store” on Friday night.
The dream that the Louisiana Lt. Governor and the state’s passionate sports fans have had for so long opened for business: the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Museum, covering an estimated 28,000 square feet along Front Street in historic downtown Natchitoches.

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This week, if you hear a loud bang, it’s likely that a sparkly display will quickly follow.
As we celebrate the Fourth of July, many individuals — and some organizations — will host fireworks shows.
Since rain has been plentiful this year, there is no burn ban looming making fireworks extra hazardous. Therefore, the Lincoln Parish Fire Department has no problem with families celebrating with a bombastic display of patriotism, as long as they do not live in one of the municipalities where fireworks are forbidden.

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